Summary: Use the Invoke-WebRequest Windows PowerShell cmdlet to easily send a web request. How can you easily send an HTTP or HTTPS request to a web service by using Windows PowerShell 3.0? Use the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet. For example, the following code returns links from the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog. (...
Summary: Microsoft PowerShell MVP, Marco Shaw, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to download TechEd 2012 session content. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a guest blogger, Windows PowerShell MVP, Marco Shaw. For more from Marco, read his other Hey, Scripting Guy! guest blogs. Here’s Marco… I wrote a Windows ...
Summary: Learn how to use the Online parameter from the Get-Help Windows PowerShell cmdlet. How can you easily find updated Help information from within Windows PowerShell? Use the Online switched parameter with the Get-Help cmdlet: Get-Help gps -Online
Summary: Get the inside scoop on what's up with Windows PowerShell 3.0 Updatable Help. Hey, Scripting Guy! I love PowerShell 3.0—I really do. There is one thing that I do not understand, however, and that is what’s up with the Help? I mean one of the nice things in Windows PowerShell 1.0 and 2.0 was the MAN pages, b...
Summary: Use the Verbose switched parameter with the Import-Module cmdlet to trace module load activity. How can you watch what loads when importing a Windows PowerShell module? Use the Verbose switch when calling the Import-Module cmdlet: Import-Module psdiagnostics -verbose
